[Institutionalised Pre-School Childcare and Reported Maltreatment: A Survey in East Germany].

Child abuse increases the risk of adult mental health problems. Limited research explores the association of early institutional childhood care in the GDR with experienced childhood abuse and mediates anxiety and depression in adulthood. The sample includes N=1743 individuals born in the GDR (1949-1983).

How socio-political change is associated with the number of individually reported negative life events: a population-based study using the German reunification 1989/1990 as an example.

Background: Socio-political change often leads to disruptions in employment and social networks, which can exacerbate health issues and increase mortality rates. These consequences are likely observed as an increase in negative life events (NLEs), serving as indicators of the broader social and health impacts. Using the German reunification in 1989/1990 as an example, this study investigates changes in reported numbers of NLEs and differences regarding sociodemographic characteristics.

Collective loneliness: The impact of the social network on loneliness and depression during the coronavirus pandemic in older Europeans.

Objectives: We examined the impact of the social network before the coronavirus pandemic on loneliness and depressed mood during the pandemic in older European individuals, and how these relationships differ between different European countries.

Methods: Data of N = 19,999 persons (age: M = 69.18 years; 51% female) from the pan-European longitudinal survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe, interviewed between October 2019 and March 2020 (Wave 8) and between June and August 2020 (Corona Questionnaire 1), were used.

Explorative analyses on spatial differences in the desire for social distance toward people with mental illness in a diverging city.

Introduction: Stigma is an individual and societal process based on attitudes and power and relates to both spatial disparities and social distinction. In this study, we examined differences in desire for social distance toward people with mental illness within a city using social and spatial information.

Methods: ANOVAs and Scheffé tests analyzed varying desires for social distance toward people with mental illness within Leipzig (East Germany).

[Life events related to the German reunification and their associations with psychosocial health in a sample of northeast Germany].

The aim of the present study was to investigate (1) the type and frequency of reported life events of the East German population related to the German reunification and (2) their associations with psychosocial health. Data of 2247 participants of the Study of Health in Pomerania was used.These qualitative responses were analysed using quantitative content analysis.

An explorative cross-sectional analysis of mental health shame and help-seeking intentions in different lifestyles.

To identify und support particular target groups for mental health prevention, we explore the links between shame and help-seeking intentions concerning mental health in different lifestyles (based on socioeconomic status as well as health-related behaviors). Lifestyles were operationalized by nine confirmatory, homogenous clusters of the sample. These clusters are based on individuals' similarities in sociodemographic aspects and health behavior.

Longitudinal Internal Validity of the Quality of Life after Brain Injury: Response Shift and Responsiveness.

The Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QoLIBRI) questionnaire was developed and validated to assess disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in individuals after TBI. The present study aims to determine its longitudinal validity by assessing its responsiveness and response shift from 3 to 6 months post-injury. Analyses were based on data from the European longitudinal observational cohort Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury study.

Impact of Sociodemographic, Premorbid, and Injury-Related Factors on Patient-Reported Outcome Trajectories after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. To better understand its impact on various outcome domains, this study pursues the following: (1) longitudinal outcome assessments at three, six, and twelve months post-injury; (2) an evaluation of sociodemographic, premorbid, and injury-related factors, and functional recovery contributing to worsening or improving outcomes after TBI. Using patient-reported outcome measures, recuperation trends after TBI were identified by applying Multivariate Latent Class Mixed Models (MLCMM).

Quality of life and mental health in emerging adults with cerebral palsy compared to the general population.

Background: While evidence concerning Quality of Life (QoL) in youth with cerebral palsy (CP) in comparison to the general population has been accumulating, there is a lack of studies exploring differences on a wider range of positive and negative mental health outcomes in emerging adults.

Methods: This binational case control study is part of the SPARCLE cohort study on QoL and participation of youth with CP. QoL (WHOQOL-BREF), depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and self-efficacy (GSE) were assessed in 198 emerging adults with CP and 593 emerging adults from the general population, matched for country of residence, age and gender.

The interplay of gender, social context, and long-term unemployment effects on subjective health trajectories.

Background: While a strong negative impact of unemployment on health has been established, the present research examined the lesser studied interplay of gender, social context and job loss on health trajectories.

Methods: Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel was used, which provided a representative sample of 6838 participants. Using latent growth modelling the effects of gender, social context (East vs.

[The Effects of Gender, Education, and Income on Anticipated Shame Regarding Mental Illness - Results of a German Population Study].

Objective: Shame may constitute a barrier for seeking help for mental health problems. We aimed at investigating potential differences in anticipated shame with regard to gender, education, and income.

Method: In a sample comprised of 1647 persons from a locally representative community study, ordinal regression analyses were conducted with gender, education, income, and their interaction as predictors, while controlling for age and depressive symptoms.

Self-labeling as having a mental or physical illness: the effects of stigma and implications for help-seeking.

Purpose: Personal and perceived stigma can hinder persons in appraising their symptoms as constituting part of a mental illness (self-labeling), an important early step in the help-seeking process. This study examines the impact of personal and perceived stigma on self-labeling and provides prospective data on the possible connections between self-labeling and help-seeking behavior.

Methods: Personal stigmatizing attitudes, perceived stigma and self-labeling behavior as well as their statistical connections were cross-sectionally investigated in a community sample of 207 participants with a present untreated mental health problem.

The association of health-related quality of life and cerebral gray matter volume in the context of aging: A voxel-based morphometry study with a general population sample.

Health-related quality of life is likely associated with the brain via processes relating to physiology, behavior, cognition, emotion and stress. Previous studies with small student or clinical samples have identified associations with gray matter volume in the anterior cingulate cortex, prefrontal cortex, insular cortex, (para)hippocampal area, amygdala, and precuneus. The present study investigated the association of gray matter volume of these brain areas with mental and physical components of health, as well as general health perception, measured with the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, in a large sample of 3027 participants from the Study of Health in Pomerania, using voxel-based morphometry for T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.

Writing interventions in older adults and former children of the World War II: impact on quality of life and depression.

Objectives: The aim of the current study was to analyze whether biographical writing interventions have an impact on depression and QoL compared to daily diary writing. We also wanted to investigate differential effects between structured and unstructured interventions.

Method: In two Northern regions of Germany, 119 older adults aged 64-90 were randomly assigned to three different types of narrative writing interventions: written structured and unstructured biographical disclosure as well as daily diary writing.